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Fort Hunter Liggett will host the annual Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, April 14, at Del Venturi Pond to celebrate the Army Reserve’s 110th birthday and the Month of the Military Child.

GONZALES — Gonzales City Council has approved a ballot measure to raise the city’s sales tax by half a percent during a special meeting last month. After the 4-0 approval by Mayor Maria Orozco, Mayor Pro Tem Scott Funk and Council Members Lorraine Worthy and...

SOLEDAD — A 35-year-old man from Soledad has been arrested for sexually assaulting a minor, announced the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. Carlos Sandoval Valencia was arrested Wednesday for an unrelated investigation by the Soledad Police Department. When deputies learned Valencia was in custody,...

GONZALES — Board members from the Gonzales Unified School District recently heard a presentation on survey data from financial consultant Dale Scott about the possible support for two upcoming school bond ballot measures in the November election. Measure J and Measure K, which will be...

ARMY CONCERT JOLON — Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band, with opening act Stolen Silver, will be performing at the historic Hacienda as part of Fort Hunter Liggett’s 250th Army Birthday Kick-Off Concert on Friday, Jan. 31. This free concert is open to the...

En todo Estados Unidos, son pocos los hispanos vacunados, según un análisis elaborado por The New York Times con base en la información sobre etnicidad y raza informada por los estados. El porcentaje de hispanos entre la población vacunada es inferior que la población...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield High School celebrated the opening of its new two-story classroom building last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Located at the front of the campus, the facility presents a new “front door” to the school, along with a new parking lot, pedestrian circulation...

GONZALES — Gonzales High’s boys’ soccer team hosted the Show and Shine Car Show on Saturday at the school stadium parking lot. Cars, trucks and bikes of all makes and models were welcomed to the inaugural event that was a fundraiser for the soccer program. The...

GREENFIELD — New highway signs were installed last week to honor five Monterey County veterans, including Greenfield’s Sgt. Javier Sanchez Jr., who gave his life during service in Afghanistan after two tours in Iraq. “Our community will always remember Sgt. Sanchez because of his contributions...

VETERAN BBQ KING CITY — King City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 will host a drive-thru Veterans Day barbecue on Thursday, Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the VFW, 599 Bitterwater Road. The meal includes tri-tip, beans, salad and roll. Tickets...